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Published 2:54 pm, Thursday, April 25, 2013

April 26, 1943: Elbert S. Selman, 616 Cedar, recently received his commission as second lieutenant in the Army at the tank destroyer officer candidate school at Camp Hood.

•Naval Aviation Cadet W.B. Jones of Plainview has reported to the U.S. Naval Preflight School at Athens, Ga., for training in naval aviation. He is the son of W.A. Jones of Plainview and graduated from high school in 1941.

•Second Lt. Willis A. Morter visited here yesterday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Morter. He received his wings and commission April 22 from the navigation school at Hondo and is en route to an advanced school at Blythe, Calif.

April 26, 1953: The Rev. Lake P. Pylant, 51, religious education teacher at Wayland, was killed at 8:45 last night when his four-place Stinson plane crashed in a field on the north edge of the Amarillo air field. Pylant was a student pilot who had flown from Plai-nview to Abilene earlier in the day.

•John Scott has been elected chairman of the Hale County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He succeeds Earl Lewis. Vice chairmen are J.W. Walker Jr., James Hunt and Mrs. John Kirchhoff. Bobby Harder is treasurer.

•The Halfway Baptist Church will be dedicated on May 3. The congregation was organized on April 20, 1913, and the $50,000 church building was completed in August 1950. It is now debt free and the retired note will be burned during the dedication.

•Coach Darrell Royal, head football coach at the University of Texas, will be keynote speaker at the annual Tulia Athletic Banquet tonight in the Ezra Jones Memorial Cafeteria. State Rep. H.G. Wells is master of ceremonies.

April 26, 1973: U.S. Rep. George Mahon was in Plainview Wednesday to view tornado damage and to present David Bryant’s National Civil Defense Distinguished Service Citation to his widow, Rita Bryant, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Bryant. David Bryant was killed in the April 15 tornado while on duty as a volunteer storm spotter.

•The dedication of the Harral Music Center, originally set for Friday, has been postponed, said Wayland President Dr. Roy C. McClung. The cancellation is due to the illness of donor Mrs. Lillian Harrel Hines of Eugene Ore., former Abernathy resident.

•Eight local Boy Scouts will receive their Eagle Scout awards Sunday in a special court of honor in Lubbock. They are Kempe C. Hayes, David B. Willson, Gary W. Barnes, Brandon A. Brownlee, Gene E. Glaeser, Jerry Hudgins, Michael Dee Vaughan and Steve K. Jones. Margarito B. Arellano and Jimmie L. Kelly of Lockney also will be awarded their Eagles.